Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-25

and acted upoa, certainly by the Demo
crarie voters II the county. 1t becam
q moctsd point among certain parties .
to whether citizens regist cred as
later day were not entitled
vote. About the middle of Octoher
and two weeks before the election cam
OF. and while the Great Register ws
still in the hands of the printers and un
finished, some 900 nAmes were cffered Q
the County Clerk, either in person or .
one Of his qualiiied dePuties who hat
charge Of this matter OF registrataon. ~
of wnich zoo being Democratic voters
aud who would have sustained the I'M
derssrnei and cast their ballots Tor HIN
were positively refused registration b,
the officials in question, AID were there
by deprived of spfrage-
A prominent Republican politician b,
the nanse OF John X. Briefly. the chair
man Of the Republican County Cenfra
Committee. was appointed by the Coun
~ Clerk. a depa,y Ceunty Clerk for the
sole and specific purpose OF discrimin
agirs and registering the names OF vot
ers. Armed with this dual power Of
deputy County Clerk and chairman oi
the Republican Central Committee. this
R-;ersy and his associates issued from
the Republic m headquarters the follow
ing esrcalar, and which went, of course.
only into Rel ub,ican hands throughout
the esun;y-
.sHea5auarters Republican County
Committee OF Los Angeles county '. X.
Brlsrly, chairman. Z. T.. Day. vice
chairman, J. III Book. secretary; Il. w.
Lee, treasurer" This is followed by
the names of the County Executive
Committee The circular proceeds:)
The qaestina has been raised whether
elecsurs Whose names appear upon the
Grea. REGISTER Of Los Angeles county
and not upon the printed copies of the
register, viii be entitled to vote at the
general eleciioc, November 2, 1856.
The est pblished rule Ct action In this
eOuaty hss bee2 to follow the man.
dates OF section ls27 Of the Pc.
GGic&l Code. and reject any ballot pre-
s=nttd by a person whose name is not
ON the Register in use at the precinct.
Sections lilo. and Ill. Of the Political
Code Indicates that a person may vote
whose Da-se does not appear upon the
Register IN use at the precinct"
QN0E foll0ars qaotation Of Sections
llW-, lll7 aid lsy., of the Political
Code The circular proceedsl.
ITO enable all TO vote, who are quail
Se9, the Coanty Clerk will prepare a
smpPasmeat To the printed Register. to
iEeaa5e all electors who may register on
or before Oetobe- 9th, lSS6. Yoa will
therefore eaa<avor to have all Republi-
CANS whom ven find are not registered,
attend to that business Mr..
wlli receive copies Of names of electors
that xere registered mp TO October ID.
lsS6- Please examine that list, and if
others should register, look them MP.
We TRUST YOU will attend to this busi-
mess pronpsay- AID Be sure that no votes
ere lost by Republicans regiecting to
rsgTster-
gresa follows list Of Deputy County
Clerks who were authorized to Register
elee ors- The circular concladesl-
AN 1tHi1avit of an elector taken be-
fore q Notary Pablie and sent to the
County Clerk viii eatitle the elector to
have inns name placed on the Register,
Er0vsae,2 tine affidavit shows all the facts
that must appear on the Regis er, ex-
cePs the date ef entry and number. Ii
have electors register with the
Deputy Clerks or with the County Clerk
III the Sourt house
JOEHS r BRIERLy, Chairman
j. H. Book, Secretary
The Appolnrmsnt of Briefly as Deputy
Clerk took place one day previous to the
issuance Of the above circular.
The Dsnaocrztic Central Committee.
naturally alarmed At these notices
to close registration, and the refusal to
receive name. offered by the Democratic
and this notice, subsequent to
the issuance Of the above Reput thcan
circular. and 10 c5set the effort of the
other party thus darkly made, issred
the following notice.
"HezdqnsIrers Dsmocratic Commit
tee Los Angeles. October IA. 1855.
Dear SIR The circular which will be
shown yOa by Mr. regu-
lArly apDolnted registration officer. rs
1t comes from the
Republican County Committee under
cover OF r.5dnight process, and shows
tine hoHrib2e duplieity of the managers
lA aHRZ.A -aA4<I A1C hcRaoAIE-An
County Clerk has given express public
nO1lce that No o-e can vote who was not
ON the Great Register On October 81,
Ana In tine face Of his open assertions
that that view should obtain and be
given full enforcement, the County
CLERK has entered into q cons piracy to
GSfrzaa Denoeratlc voters of their
rights Ne< We expect yoa to give the
bearer all the aid you can to the end
that every Democrat and Democratic
symPa1hiDer, II not On the Register. be
enrolled II once- Yo1 can do this and
ws know that yoa VIII Delay will
prove fatal Act inmediately. 1. w.
Eelimaa, Chairman Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
The same comrnittee printed and post
ed an additional document in the follow
ing language: -'DisfrAnchisement of
legal voaers- Fraui 1. Public notice
xas givea by County Clerk Dansmoor
that all voters not registered by October
d, las. coEad not vote at the election
ON NovsmSer I'd Private notice v1as
givsn on October slst, by j. R
RrierIy, Chairman Of the RePub-
lisan Central Comnittee, and made
Dspaty County Clerk for the special
eceAsaOn, 10 all Dspaty County Clerks
to seek ont and register Republican
VOTERS only, until October 9th, at
which tune a supplemental register
xuu1a bs issued, and snch voters could
vote at this election. The Democrats
this plot and registered many
Democratsc voters Frand , OF those
THUS registered and accepted BY the
County Clerk with = promise to place
thsn ON the Supplemental Register
along with the Re spubhcsns 80 registered.
ONE hundred and ninety-four were not
placed On said Supplement. The motive
~ apparently aisfrznchise Democratic
vpterS l. W. dEILMAN,
Chairman Democratic County Commit
tee"
The Republican Committee, on Octo-
ber sSth, sent ont circulars - follows:
Mr. Sr--Dont lose your
vote If yen want to vote at the cleo
s50n N0ysmher "a. lSS6 go and register